NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



iU later from F.uropt. — Tlio ship Montano, airivod 



(ew^Vork from Havre, lias brouglit fans jiapers to 



'4tl> of September. A Monite^ir of the C3d con- 



an ollicial letter announcing the capture of Geu. 



three leagues from Carolina. The Krcncli flotilla, 



)ii(ii at the entr.xnce of the River St. I'eter, near 



iu the month of August, took, sunk or burnt 56 



Is of various sizes, most of them laden with flour, 



thcr provisions for Cadiz. 



rreniiir of Cadiz.— The brig Mary and Eliza, Capt. 



left Gibraltar on the 4th ult., arrived at this 



>n the 6th inst. and informs that the city of Cadiz 



ndered to the French forces on the 29th of Sep- 



, aud thaMhe King and Rqyal Family, on the 



ty, passed over to the French Head Quarters at 



St. Marv. 



DOxMtSTlC. 



Yurk CallU Show and h\iir, is highly spoken of 



have not yet received the details of this exhi- 



The premiums, we leani were paid in sitrer 



and books as well as in money, and many ladies 



ed them in person together with the acclamations 



ilause from the spectators. The first premium 



or black broad cloth, which brought iJlO, 25 per 



and the second $9, 75. A Gipsy Leghorn Imi- 



by .Miss Harrison was bought by Mr. .John Leon- 



$100; and another by Miss Babcock brought 



The Hon. \V. P. Van .\ess presided at the din- 



loug the guests were the flon. De Witt •Clinton, 



lleu^, Minister to Chili, Col. Gibbs, Sic. 



nyshire Calth Show. — The annual Cattle Show, 

 the Hampshire, Franklin, and Hamden Agricul- 

 ocitty was hild at Northampton, on the 22d and 

 October. " The exhibition of Household Manu- 

 s was far superior to that of any preceding year 

 nu.'uber, variety and excellence of the articles." 

 Neat Stock was decidedly inferior to the exhibi- 

 f former years."' The Swine were good and 

 I considerable improvement. The fine wooUed 

 vere not numerous, but some of them vei-j supe- 



the Address of Mr. Bates," says the Hampshire 

 we shall only express (he sentimentiof the 

 aut!i"iice, by expressing our own admira- 

 It was a practical address,— appropriate to the 

 s represented on the occasion, and '.he truth 

 idom of his remarks and advice were well set ofl' 

 taste and fancy of the writer, and his graceful 

 oressive delivery. We understand the address 

 published." The performances nf Mr. Lucas, 

 choir of singers, on the evening of the first day 

 "attle Show are spoken of in terms of approba- 

 •Ve prepose to give further notice of this exhihi- 

 len we have received the detailed and official 

 -s which are expected, 



Fown of Ealon against the world., for corn and 

 •' ■' ■' — At the late Show and Fair, says the 

 I county (N. Y.) Observer, Benjamin Bartlett 

 d " s.atisfactory proof," that he raised one hun- 

 d seventy-four bushels of corn upon an acre of 

 «d also that he raised three hundred and five 

 »alf bushels of Potatoes, upon one half acre of 

 ■r which he received the first premiums. To 

 rs of Johnycake, and to the sons ofswatelre- 

 a\\-t be cheering news. Those who are un- 

 ted with thf; fertility of our soil may he dispos- 

 ubt the above. But every doubt will be re- 

 3y referring to Mr. Bartlett, who is an experi- 

 jriculturalist. and who will explain the process 

 mode of culture by which these enormous crops 

 iduced. — American Mercury. 



'-I- — There was late'y exhibited in Bridge- 

 Jersey, a beet raised by Samuel Seeley, 

 that place, which weighed nineteen pounds. — 



the species called beta vulgaris, containing 

 charine matter than the .Mangel Wurtzel, and 

 ;avier in proportion to its size. Larger beets 

 in raised in New England, and there was one 

 I Ohio, (of which notice was taken in our 1st 

 44,) which we are told weighed thirli/ pounds .' 

 ly prodigious beet was from the seed ofBuon- 

 Siigar Beet. 



er Mammoth Turnip. — Mr. .lohn Sargent of 

 rhas this year raised an English Turnip, which 



weighed without the top, U lbs. lloz. and measures 

 22 indies in circumference, and 4 3-4 inches in thick- 

 ness, although it has been some time exposed in a situ- 

 ation in which it would be likely to shrink. 



It was raised in a con. field in a part uo richer than 

 the common soil of the field, and had no particular care 

 bestowed in its cultivation — Com. Jot the Mass. Spy. 



Singular Phenomenon. — On the 11th ult. about 

 twelve miles from Madison, in JelTerson county, on the 

 road to Verona, two explosions took place in quick suc- 

 cession, in the bottom of a branch near the house of 

 Mr. liadgeley, which cracked the rock for a considera- 

 ble lengtli, and threw up a quantity of mineral, inter- 

 miiigled with white spar. It is yet unknown what 

 kind of metal it is. The report was so loud that it 

 was heard at the distance of four miles, and those liv- 

 ing in the immediate vicinity were very much alarmed. 

 This is a singular occurrence, and such an one as we 

 do not recollect to have heard of before, unless ac- 

 companied by an earthquake. One of the editors has 

 been on the ground since the explosion, and examined 

 I the creek and the mineral which was thrown up by 

 the explosion. Some of the rocks that were broken ap- 

 pear to be very large sheets, and the cfl'ect produced 

 upon them hiuch greater in extent than would be pro- 

 duced by a blast from powder. — Western [^Ohio') Cent. 



Distressing Occurrence. — On the 1 1th of October the 

 house of Mr. Augustus Todd of Bertil, County, N. C. 

 was destroyed by fire and two of his children were 

 burnt to death ; the house having taken fite, by acci- 

 dent while the father and mother were absent at a 

 neighbour's house. A negro man, who was at work, 

 at some distance from the house, seeing the fire ran to 

 save the house but arrived to late, 'i'he unfortunate 

 tather had three children, two of whom were in the 

 yard at play when the fire broke out ; but the eldest 

 son on discovering the fire raii to the rescue of the child 

 from the danger, aud fell a victim to the flames. 



Duelling — The Grand Jury of Charleston, S. C. 

 have presented duelling to the Legislature as one of the 

 grtatest crimes against the peace and w( Ifare of so- 

 ciety, and recommended that provision be made to dis- 

 qualify the principals and seconds engaged in duels 

 from holding places of honor and profit. 



Ji Warning to (Quacks One Dr. Miller, iu the inte- 

 rior of New-York, has had Judgment rendered against 

 him for £600 for mal-practice in undertaking to set the 

 arm of a young woman, which had been dislocated at 

 ■the elbow, and which had been rendered entirely use- 

 less by his negligence or ignorance. 



A writer in the National Intelligencer, with the sig- 

 nature of "• A Farmer," laments the destruction of tim- 

 ber in the best cultivated parts of the United States, 

 and advises the planting forest trees, extensively, for 

 fuel and lumber. 



House of Industry. — The Agricultural experiments 

 made at this Institution have succeeded beyond expec- 

 tation. A lot from which a fine crop of hay was cut in 

 July, has since produced several hundred bushels of 

 excellent turnips. — We have seen some of them, which 

 measured twenty two inches in circumference, fair, 

 round, smooth, and finely flavored. — Boston Cenlinel. 



Mammoth Calves. — A yearling calf, was exhibited 

 at the Saratoga Cattle Show, which weighed 1325 lbs. ; 

 and a calf ten months old, which weighed 672 lbs. 

 both raised by Mr. Gilbert Waring. 



Early Snow. — On the 25th ult. snow fell in Cher- 

 ry Valley, N. Y. to the depth of 12 inches or more. At 

 Lansinghurgh, in the same day, a violent snow storm 

 accompanied with thunder and lightning, was experi- 

 enced which left the snow a foot deep. 



»3 very fine Grass Hat. — Miss Betsey Belcher, of Al- 

 bany, at the late Agricultural Fair in that city, exhib- 

 ited a grass hat, which was purchased by the Presi- 

 dent of the Society at auction at $50. 



Capt. Joseph Edwards, an enterprising and industri- 

 ous mechanic, of this town, lately removed the Asylum 

 House in Carpenter-street, with the chimneys, furni- 

 ture, and fixtures, over thirty feely by means of a slide. 



Hf) 



The family were within, attending to their concerns, 

 while the house was moving. We undtrstHnd thul. 

 neither the walls, nor the brick work in the chimneys, 

 received the slightest injury by the process of removal. 



l^Sukm Ubicntr. 



To Correspondents. — We have received scverri' 

 communications from respected carrespoudents, ivhich 

 shall meet with all possible attention ; but sonic lime 

 must be allowed us to comply with their requests and 

 intimations. \S e have a plan for an Ice House in the 

 bauds of the Engraver, which we hope to insert in our 

 next. For the hint we are indebted to a corvcspeiident. 

 who takes the letter " K." for his signature, and whosC; 

 valuable communication respecting the best mode of 

 clearing laud from puie slumps, &r. shall soon be pub- 

 lished. 



The request of the gentlemen who wishes for a list ol 

 the most " approved agricultural works" shall be com- 

 plied with as soon as we can command time sufficient 

 to make some inquiries connected with the subject. 

 We wish not only to give the required list, but to state 

 where the books may be obtained ; and this information 

 we hope to furnifh ; but personal interviews with some 

 of our friends who have agricultural books for sale will 

 be necessary in order to make the article as complete 

 as we hope to be able to render it. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, . . . 



pear! do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, 



cargo. No 1, . . . . 



" No2, . . . . 



BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. new 



" 2d qual. . 



small kegs, family, 



CHEK$E, new inilk .... 



FLAX 



FLAX SEEO 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St. 

 Genessee, 



Rye, best .... 

 GRAIN, Kye ..... 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort . . 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection of 15J23 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 



PLAISTER PARIS .... 



PORK, Navy Mess .... 



Bone Middlings new, . 



Cargo, No 1, ... 



Cargo, No 2, ... 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 1822, • 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,washed 

 do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native .... do 

 Pulled, Lamb's, Is-t sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL 



MUTTON and LAME, . . . 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, family, 

 lump, best 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



Indian, 



POTATOES, .... 

 CIDER, liquor, new .... 

 HAY, best, 



140 

 1 00 

 8 50 

 6 75 

 5 75 

 13 

 11 



le 



65 

 70 

 40 

 11 

 2.5 



1 12 

 70 



3 00 



15 00 



18 



75 



3? 



2 50 



20 m 



